Berlusconi and Italy's left head strike electoral reform deal

Silvio Berlusconi has returned to the political scene after a tax fraud conviction, striking a deal with the leader of the largest center-left party on electoral reform that could give Italy badly needed stability. But the Saturday night...

"favors governability and a bi-polar system, and eliminates the blackmail power of the smallest parties"

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Italy's controversial ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi has returned to the centre of the political stage, striking a reform deal with a centre-left rival. Berlusconi was thrown out of parliament in 2013 after a tax fraud conviction. But he still heads the opposition Forza Italia party and held lengthy talks with Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi late on Saturday. Under their...

ROME — Italy's president resigned on Wednesday, setting off a scramble for a new head of state that will test Premier Matteo Renzi's ability to unite his own bickering party without alienating opposition support for electoral reform. Two years ago, President Giorgio Napolitano reluctantly accepted an unprecedented second term because squabbling lawmakers couldn't agree on a...

He's a brash, kid-faced dynamo who is injecting fresh blood into Italy's sclerotic politics — and the left's great hope now that Silvio Berlusconi's criminal convictions keep the long-time leader out of power. And Matteo Renzi, elected in December as leader of the Democratic Party, has even cut a deal that many would have thought impossible. Who would have bet that the...

Add comment Reprints + - Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano casts his vote at the lower chamber during a voting session for the election of the new Italian President in Rome, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Lawmakers failed to elect a new Italian president Thursday in balloting that tests Premier Matteo Renzi's ability to rally his fractured party behind a candidate that is...

Intrigues, Opera, Drama: that is what we love in politics and Italy has plenty of them! The election of the 12th President, Sergio Mattarella, was yet another case in point. With an unexpected final. White-haired since a young age, blue eyed, Sicilian Sergio Mattarella is a 74 years old law professor-turned politician following the brutal homicide in 1980 of his brother...

View gallery Forza Italia party's leader Silvio Berlusconi talks to journalists after talks with Italian Pres … Silvio Berlusconi has pledged that his Forza Italia party will be a "responsible opposition" to any new government headed by the Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi. Berlusconi was among the political leaders who met Saturday...

Burton High Fives - Competitions Start Tomorrow

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